Short Quotes and Sayings On Freedom
Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
Freedom lies in being bold.
Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.
I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.
For everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labour in freedom.
We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.
When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.
No one outside ourselves can rule us inwardly. When we know this, we become free.
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail?
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
When I discover who I am, I'll be free.
What do you suppose will satisfy the Soul, except to walk free, and own no superior?
Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.
As soon as we left the ground, I knew I myself had to fly.
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.
Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
Our responsibility as citizens is to address the inequalities and injustices that linger, and we must secure our birthright freedoms for all people.
He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.
I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.
If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.
I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.
True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.
Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.
Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
To be true to one's own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others.
A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.
The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class-it is the cause of human kind, the very birthright of humanity.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.
Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.
Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.
Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees.
If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails.
The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.
Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.
The Revolution introduced me to art, and in turn, art introduced me to the Revolution!
Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.
Responsibility is the price of freedom.
Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
He who is brave is free.
Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.
The greatest humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves.
Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules.
Freedom is the will to be responsible for ourselves.
Short Quotes and Sayings On Liberty
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The advancement of science and the diffusion of information is the best aliment to true liberty.
I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.
Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.
Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.
Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.
Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty.
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.
People have only as much liberty as they have the intelligence to want and the courage to take.
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril.
I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.
Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.
Liberty is worth paying for.
The more liberty you give away the more you will have.
The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress.
Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
Liberty and equality are captivating sounds, but they often captivate to destroy.
The truth is that men are tired of liberty.
When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.
United States: the country where liberty is a statue.
Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.
It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.
I value liberty above all else. Without liberty, no other value can be realized.
The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.
Labor in the white skin can never free itself as long as labor in the black skin is branded.
Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
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